Resources and Reports
WE ACT frequently receives research and media requests for historical publications. Through our resources and reports page, you will find nearly 30 years of publications WE ACT has either authored, partnered in publishing, or been featured in.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact info@weact.org.
2016 Climate Resilience Conference
The Urban Communities Organizing for Climate Resilience Conference was held in partnership with the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan and Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health.
Climate Week NYC 2020
CLIMATE WEEK NYC Sept. 19-28, 2020 Saturday, Sept. 19 10:00 AM EDT – WE ACT staff & members will participate in a Neighborhood Clean-Up with Congressman Adriano Espaillat beginning at WE ACT’s NYC HQ (1854 Amsterdam Avenue at 152nd
People’s Climate March Art Build
Join us for a celebration of art, community solidarity, and mobilization on April 8th! We will get together to build artwork for the 2017 People’s Climate March (PCM) in Washington, DC on April 29th. If you have not already, reserve a seat
People’s Climate March – Washington D.C.
On April 29th, we will march in Washington, DC for our families. We will march for our air, our water, and our land. We will march for clean energy jobs and climate justice.
Co-Founder and Board Member Vernice Miller-Travis in Bloomberg BNA – October 4, 2018
SKEO’s Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Equitable Development Vernice Miller-Travis, who is also a Co-Founder and Board Member of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article about Mustafa Santiago Ali, who became the Senior
Collecting Dust: How New York City is Failing to Penalize Landlords for Exposing Tenants to Lead Dust
WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a member of the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning, which published a report on November 12, 2019: Collecting Dust: How New York City is Failing to Penalize Landlords for Exposing Tenants
Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016 Health equity is the state in which everyone has the opportunity to attain full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or any other
Communities Affected by Hurricanes Need Climate Change Solutions
For environmental justice advocates like myself, hurricane season is always a nerve wracking time of year. Unless you have been on a media diet, you know that hurricanes devastated the United States, Puerto Rico and several other Caribbean islands this
Community Charrette
The purpose of this community charrette is to increase climate resiliency in Northern Manhattan. We would like to obtain feedback and input from area residents including residents in Grant and Manhattanville Houses. The goal is to develop and devise a
Community Conversation on Climate Change and Its Impacts on Public Health in Inwood
Climate change can have serious impacts on the health of communities of color and low income, such as here in Inwood: • Climate change is causing more heat waves, which can lead to dehydration and hospitalizations. • More intense storms
